Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2021-06-16 Jun 16, 2021That the sole object and only legitimate end of government is to protect the citizen in the enjoyment of life, liberty, and property, and when the government assumes other functions it is usurpation and oppression.~ Alabama, Declaration of Rights Article I Section 35America would be better off as a country and Americans happier and more prosperous as a people if half of our government boards, bureaus, and commissions were Abolished, hundreds of thousands of our government officials, agents and employees were discharged, and two-thirds of our government regulations, restrictions, inhibitions were removed.~ Albert J. BeveridgeAmerica was founded on the principle of inalienable rights, not dictated duties. The Declaration of Independence states that every human being has a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It does not state that he is born a slave to the needs of others.~ Alex Epstein Jun 15, 2021America is great because America is good. If America ever ceases to be good it will cease to be great.~ Alexis de TocquevilleAfter all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world.~ Calvin CoolidgeIt is capitalist America that produced the modern independent woman. Never in history have women had more freedom of choice in regard to dress, behavior, career, and sexual orientation.~ Camille Paglia Jun 14, 2021The essential characteristic of Western civilization that distinguishes it from the arrested and petrified civilizations of the East was and is its concern for freedom from the state.~ Ludwig Von MisesHere in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels -- men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, we may never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.~ Dwight D. EisenhowerIn America nobody says you have to keep the circumstances you were born with.~ Amy Tan Jun 11, 2021These men - ..., the politicians, ... - use their position, their knowledge, and their power of disseminating misinformation to arouse and stimulate the latent instinct for bloodshed. When they have succeeded, they say they are reluctantly forced to war by the pressure of public opinion.~ Bertrand RussellThe history of government management of money has, except for a few short happy periods, been one of incessant fraud and deception.~ Friedrich August von HayekThe enjoyment of power inevitably corrupts the judgment of reason, and perverts its liberty.~ Immanuel Kant Jun 10, 2021People may or may not say what they mean...but they always say something designed to get what they want.~ David MametWhen a well-packaged web of lies has been sold gradually to the masses over generations, the truth will seem utterly preposterous and its speaker a raving lunatic.~ Dresden JamesThose in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.~ Eric Hoffer Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print